Okay...so no reviews to the last chapter too? I'm beginning to think you don't like me. Nevertheless, this won't bring me down!
Silence, Raven opened her eyes and looked up to the sky, it was dark, a big white moon stood still in the sky and a cloud covered it "have I been meditating THAT long? I really let myself go this time, I missed the fund-raiser". She got up and wrapped her cloak around her; a chill ran up her spine, she felt the coldness entering her bones. She knew that feeling, It wasn't a normal chill, it was the cold feeling of death.
"Hello? Is anyone in here?" she cried into the darkness of the Titans tower, no response. She flipped the light switch and screamed with sheer horror, causing the big T.V screen to shatter into a million pieces. In front of her lied Starfire, a couch covering her entire body, her head tilted to the side, eyes still open, but they did not had that childish twinkle in them anymore, just a cold, expressionless glare. Raven walked up to her and pressed two fingers against her neck for five seconds, nothing "Star? No! You can't die! Star!" she felt the tears start streaking down her cheeks and looked aside, wiping her tears with her the back of her hand, that's when she saw him.
Beast Boy was on the floor, the game controller cable wrapped around his neck, eyes bloodshot. Raven saw this many times, common suicide, but something bothered her, his face, his teeth were grudged as if he was making a great effort of some sort and his hands...Raven looked at his hands and her eyes widened with terror, the green skinned boy's hands did grab the black cable, but they did not seem as if they were used to tighten it on his neck, on the contrary, his fingers were clutched to the inside of the cable, trying to rip it apart from his neck. He didn't kill himself, he was killed.
"Stand up murderer!" she heard a shout behind her and turned around. Robin and Cyborg stood in the head of an angry mob, they all had baseball bats, clubs, chains and some had hand-guns. Robin had an M-16 assault rifle and Cyborg held an old fashion hunting rifle/sniper rifle. "Why did you do it Raven?" asked Robin, sorrow was clear in his tone "Why did you kill them?"
"I...I didn't...I swear...Robin, they're my friends, my only friends, why would I kill them?"
"'cause you're crazy! That's why!" screamed a man in the angry mob, the crowd hissed with anger and she heard the words "Witch" and "Devil's child" repeated many times.
"I'm not the devil's child!" screamed Raven. The couch above Starfire levitated and was hurled towards the crowd, they all jumped aside and a man who held a shotgun fired
"Don't shoot! I beg you!" pleaded the cloaked girl, but it was too late. The buckshot was stopped millimeters from her stomach, surrounded by the black glowing aura and was blown back towards the crowd; Raven closed her eyes and heard the screams of pain. She opened her eyes only after she heard silence again. They were all lying on the floor.
"This is not happening" thought Raven "Not again, this can't be"
"Oh, but it can little Raven" said a blood freezing voice, "Trigon again" thought Raven. "Doesn't it look familiar?" taunted the voice "It reminds me of something...but I can't put my finger on it...hmm...oh yes, do you remember Arizona? 1999? Rings a bell?"
"No...I don't know what you are talking about" Replied Raven, her voice starting to crack "Absolutely no idea". But she remembered it too well, it was the biggest secret she kept for herself, she even came up with a way to hide it from her emotions. Back when she was thirteen, her powers started to manifest as her demonic half became self aware, she caused much trouble and the local head-of-church (pardon my lack of knowledge in the Christian religion, I'm Jewish) who was very superstitious, accused her for being the devil's child. At that very night he disappeard and was never heard from again. An angry mob reached her house, armed with Molotov cocktails. They were planning to burn her alive, Raven remembered staring out of the attic's window, seeing them light up the cocktails and throwing them into her house. She remembered the sound of glass breaking and the smell of smoke, walking down the staircase and seeing the flames, she was surrounded by them and they were closing in on her. Raven told no one about her fear of fire, not even to the Teen Titans, but in that day, a new emotion was born in Raven's mind: Fear.
It took some time, but the heat and smoke did their work, Raven fell unconscious. That's when the real trouble started happening, when Raven fainted, her demonic half was still conscious and it wanted revenge. It took control of Raven's powers and pushed them to the maximum, making the fire inside the house expand to the whole neighborhood, like a fire-storm. The next day, the newspapers said a napalm-bomb went off and took out an entire neighborhood, only one survived the inferno: a thirteen year-old girl named Raven. She carried that nightmarish memory with herself for five years: the sound of people's screams when they're burned alive, the smell of scorched flesh and the sights of horror which haunted her every night in her sleep.
"So you do remember little Raven" taunted Trigon again "Let this be a warning to you, never get to close to people, you might...hurt them out of affection" he said and laughed his twisted laugh.
The Teen Titans weren't sure what to do; they never saw Raven like this, curled on the floor, shaking like a leaf, eyes closed. She was constantly mumbling "I'm sorry, so sorry", "Why did they die?" and "Nevermore, Nevermore"
"Uh...Raven?" tried Robin "Are...are you okay?"
"Nevermore!" Screamed Raven and jumped up to the air, blasting small bits of rocks everywhere. She came down, lowered her head and dropped on her knees. The tears started streaking down her cheeks as she was silently whispering and crying "Nevermore, Nevermore"
"Do not cry friend Raven" Said starfire, trying to comfort her companion "No one has died, we are all well" and with that, hugged her tightly.
"Star...Starfire?" asked Raven with surprise as she slowly opened her eyes "You're al...alive? You're alive!" she hugged her back, a big smile all over her face. She suddenly pulled back, holding herself from expressing her joy.
"Starfire, I won't be able to go with you today, you'll have to team up with Cyborg"
"Friend Raven?" started Starfire, tears in her eyes "I must ask you something, do you hate me?"
"No Star...what gave you that idea?"
"Well, it's just that, you never want to...what is the word? Bang-out with me and every time you're happy, the sight of me seems to bring you down"
"It's not that Star, it's just that...well...my emotions are...how can I put it...dangerous to my surroundings and when I hang out with you, you always make me express strong emotions. The only way I could hang with you is to gain full control over my powers and I can't do that"
"Or if you could just hit an off switch on your powers" mumbled Beast Boy with depression
"Beast Boy, that's got to be the dumbest idea I've ever..." Raven stopped and gave it a little thought "Or is it? Hey Beast Boy, can you do me a little favor?"
"Sure, what is it?"
"Go to my room and get my mirror" A smirk spreading on her face notified everyone she has a plan
"You mean the..."
"Yes, now go and get it"
He came back a few seconds later, holding the shaped mirror "Here, now can you please tell me your plan?"
"No...but you'll soon know. By the way, Starfire, I'm going to introduce you to someone, you'll go with her to the fund raiser, don't worry, I think you'll like her" She stared at the mirror and was engulfed by black flames. She collapsed on her knees, covered by a heavy cloud of smoke.
"Dude! Raven, are you okay?" asked the green shape shifter
"I'm not Raven" answered the figure inside the cloud of smoke. She defiantly sounded like Raven, only her voice was a bit high-pitched, like Raven inhaled some Helium. The figure stepped out of the cloud, her pink cloak flapping in the wind "I'm...HAPPY!"
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